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Dennis Rodman claims some post-summit credit for his efforts to ‘bring peace between the two countries’

ABC News (SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) -- The U.S.-North Korea summit gives Dennis Rodman, one of few Americas to meet with Kim Jong Un, "a little more shine of a light" for his efforts to "bring peace between the two countries," the former NBA star and somewhat informal ambassador to the North told “Good Morning America” Tuesday.“I just feel like that it [the meeting] almost didn’t happen you know, but I’m […]

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Officer rescues toddler running along busy road in Chicago suburb in heart-stopping video

Naperville Police Department/Facebook(CHICAGO) -- An officer is seen rescuing a toddler running along a busy road in a Chicago suburb in a heart-stopping video.The young boy "escaped his mother's watchful eye, left his house and was found by Sgt. Anthony Mannino running on Route 59," last month, the Naperville Police Department said in a Facebook post Monday.The boy was teetering in and out of a lane of traffic as cars […]

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Dognapping spree targeting purebred Yorkies has Connecticut town’s pet owners on edge

WABC(BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) -- Eleven female Yorkshire terriers have been stolen in one Connecticut town, with officials suspecting that an illegal breeder is the culprit.The pups were taken from homes in Bridgeport, Connecticut, over the past two weeks, local authorities told ABC New York station WABC.Bridgeport officials believe an illegal dog breeder is stalking Yorkshire terrier owners and stealing females that could reproduce."They are all females, and there's not one male […]

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Hurricane Bud churns in Pacific, could hit Mexico by end of week

KETV(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Bud is churning off the coast of western Mexico in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph.Bud is located about 325 miles southeast of Cabo San Lucas. Bud is passing safely west of Puerto Vallarta on its way to hit Baja California sometime on Thursday.The good news is that Bud will begin weakening later today as it encounters cooler […]

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Two teens arrested for terrorist plot targeting Virginia high school prom

Google Maps(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) -- Police arrested two teens in Virginia who were planning a terrorist attack at a high school prom over the weekend, authorities said Monday.Michael Coleman, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old were arrested and charged with conspiring to commit a terrorist attack at the Bayside High School prom in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on June 9, police announced Monday.The teens were taken into custody after police found a […]

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Cops to suspected serial killer: ‘We know it’s you. Can you please tell us why?’

iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- While they didn't get a confession, Florida cops got a suspect to give them all the evidence they said they needed, including the murder weapon, to link him to a series of killings that terrorized a Tampa neighborhood for 37 days in 2017, according to investigative reports and an audio recording of the interrogation. Howell Donaldson III, a former member of the St. John's University men's basketball […]

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Family of 5, including 3 children, killed in cabin explosion: Washington state police

KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) -- An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday.On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel and deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a house fire in Brinnon, Washington. "Neighbors reported hearing an explosion and stated the hillside was on fire and the house, a small cabin, was gone," the […]

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5th-grader to school board: ‘I am here to stand up for every kid that gets bullied’

Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) -- Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying.At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte, who attends Pollard School in Plaistow, New Hampshire, read a letter detailing her experience, hoping district leaders would make a change."I have been threatened to get shot in the head with an AK-47 and buried in my backyard and many […]

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NYPD officers save blue-faced baby who’d stopped breathing

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island.Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26, were waiting at a red light when Caroline Ivanov came rushing to their patrol car, banging on it, begging for help, authorities said. Ivanov's daughter, Chloe, wasn't breathing."The baby was blue-ish tint. She wasn't breathing. A lot of bubbles out […]

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